Meanwhile, Ibrahim Hamad, Cole’s best friend and president of his Dreamville Records imprint, expressed his gratitude for the “love” that the album has received, after checked those first-week sales projections.

The “False Prophets” rapper is expected to sale around 550,000 copies in week one, including streams. The number places Cole in third place for the year’s biggest sales debut behind Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000) and Drake’s Views release (1.4 million).